Re: What are your favorite Mac apps?

2012-10-21 Thread Chris
I like Vmware Fusion, Audio Hijack Pro, Fission, Airfoil for Mac and Virtual Cd Rw. Christopher Hallsworth On 21/10/2012 03:55, Blinkin wrote: Hello everyone, I am looking to acquire some additional Mac apps or programs mainly just because, and I wanted to ask all of you what some of

Fast scanners

2012-10-21 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hello Listers, I know the topic has just been discussed. But what kind of scanner do people refer to when they say 200 and 210? My existing Epson Perfection 1200 usb scanner is 12 years old, I am fearing that it may die soon and then i will be frantically looking for a scanner that is as fast a

Re: how to broadcast on a mac

2012-10-21 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
I don't mean this at all to be rude, but how do you then use this thing. I looked at it, and couldn't figure it out to save my mother's soul. It looks like a mixer with a crapload of very poorly labeled controls, and I didn't really see anything either in the menu bar that looked that terribly

Adding Items to the Doc

2012-10-21 Thread Les Kriegler
I recently installed drivers for our HP Printer/copier/scanner. I went into the Applications Folder, found HP Scan and attempted to add this to the Dock with Command-Shift-T. I think it may have been under the HP Utilities Folder. Anyway, VO announced "add to Dock", but when I accessed the do

Jave in mountain lion.

2012-10-21 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi all. Where is the settings for java after it has been updated. I am using apples version. I can not get it to work on my netbank anymore, so I think there might be some settings somewhere. Java had its own settings in utilities, but that setting has gone away. I hope some of you can help.

A Weird Mail Experience

2012-10-21 Thread Les Kriegler
I wanted to move a message into a folder and then check to make certain it was in that folder. To check my folder list, once on the Messages Table, I use Shift-Tab five times to reach the list of folders. But when I tried this earlier today, I landed on a button to either show or hide Mailboxe

Re: What are your favorite Mac apps?

2012-10-21 Thread Alex Hall
If you have Twitter, YoruFukurou is a must, and it's free. Mactubes is a great app that lets you browser Youtube and even download mp4 movie files of videos you watch (I save guitar how-tos this way). Hmm... I use reminders and calendar all the time, but those are built in... Oh, there's the RS

mac keeper

2012-10-21 Thread candiestiles
I tried searching the archives for an answer to this question, but when I vo spaced on any of the titles of the messages, nothing happened. Has anyone used mac keeper? Do you find it makes a difference in how smoothly your mac opperates? Lately it seems like my mac is running very slow. Any time

antivirus scanners

2012-10-21 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi all, I use virus Barrier Express. It's free and does a good job. I scan with it on occasion, so far, I'm clean :)! Have a great day. Allison My birds are winged blessings, they help me soar! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" gr

dragging dock items?

2012-10-21 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, How do I drag dock items into a different order? I thought I'd just hit vo-comma to drag, then vo-period to drop. However, comma says the item is marked for drag and drop, while period actually says that I am dragging the item. Hitting any arrows, or vo-arrows, opens a context menu for t

Re: Fast scanners

2012-10-21 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Andrew, I haven't followed this thread much so don't know anything about the 210. But if you don't need a flat-bed, check out the Epson GTS-450. Cost about $300, and is very fast. Best, Donna On Oct 21, 2012, at 4:06 AM, Andrew Lamanche wrote: > Hello Listers, > > I know the topic has ju

Re: dragging dock items?

2012-10-21 Thread Jeff Berwick
There is a special key combination for moving apps around on the doc. Use [option]+[command] and either left or right arrow. Voiceover will announce where you have moved the app to as you go. Hth, Jeff On 2012-10-21, at 7:55 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > Hi all, > How do I drag dock items into a d

Re: fusion and USB drives?

2012-10-21 Thread Kliphton
Weird, cause when I plugged it in, under fusion 5, it asked the usual, about where I wanted to connect it. But then it said warning, a bootcamp driver is required for this external super drive to work. Guess google will have to be my friend. On Oct 20, 2012, at 10:23 PM, Eric Caron wrote: >

copying and pasting to a USB drive?

2012-10-21 Thread Kliphton
Okay, I have a USB drive plugged in to my iMac. It shows up in the computer section just fine and I can view the files, play the files from it just fine. And I can even copy files from it. But when I try to copy something to it from my mac, it just bings at me. How do I copy things to it, wh

Re: copying and pasting to a USB drive?

2012-10-21 Thread Ryan Mann
Do you know if the USB drive is formatted as a Windows NT file system? If so, there is a driver that you need to download to allow Mac OS to write to the drive. You can do this by doing Command+i to get information about the drive. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 21, 2012, at 8:49 AM, Kliphton w

Re: antivirus scanners

2012-10-21 Thread Estelita
Hi, I thought we don't need an anti virus on apple computers? - Original Message - From: "Allison Manzino" To: "Mac Visionaries" Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 12:38 PM Subject: antivirus scanners Hi all, I use virus Barrier Express. It's free and does a good job. I scan with it

Instapaper On The Mac

2012-10-21 Thread Scott Rumery
Does anyone know how to use the Instapaper site on the Mac? I have installed the iPhone app, but I would also like to be able to use the website to add items to my Instapaper account. I know that there is a Read Later book market but I do not understand how to install this. Scott Rumery Seni

Re: dragging dock items?

2012-10-21 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Just hold down the Option key then use left and right arrow to move them around. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2012-10-21, at 5:55 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > Hi all, > How do I drag dock items into a different order? I thought I'd just hit > vo-comma to drag, then vo-perio

VMWare Fusion and bootcamp

2012-10-21 Thread Phil Halton
Sorry if I keep going round and round on this topic, but I want to do this right. I spent alot of time getting Windows7 setup in a bootcamp installation on my iMac. Now I have a trial copy of fusion5 and after I install it, I will most likely buy it as I know from watching the list that it work

Re: Fast scanners

2012-10-21 Thread Phil Halton
I use an Epson v33/303 scanner - it was pretty cheap and it works great for me. I used to have a perfection series scanner, and when it died, I got this one - Epson makes good stuff. - Original Message - From: "Andrew Lamanche" To: Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 5:06 AM Subject: Fas

RE: copying and pasting to a USB drive?

2012-10-21 Thread Kliphton
Yes it it is in NTF what driver do I need? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ryan Mann Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 8:11 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: copying and pasting to a USB drive? D

Home folder shortcut

2012-10-21 Thread ROD SKENE
Hello all, Is there a way to create a keyboard shortcut for my home folder? I know I can use the command shift H when the focus is on the finder, but I would like a keystroke to quickly go to my home folder from anywhere. Thanks, Rod -- You received this message because you are subscribed to t

RE: VMWare Fusion and bootcamp

2012-10-21 Thread Tommy Craig
As far as I know there is no downside to keeping you Bootcamp partition. I have been using this method for about two years and have upgraded from Fusion 3 to 4 and now to 5 without any problems. Tommy -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googl

Re: Adding Items to the Doc

2012-10-21 Thread Teresa Cochran
That's very odd. You might try doing it via the other method: open it, go to the dock, bring up the contextual menu with VO-shift-M, choose options, and then "keep in dock". HtH, Teresa On Oct 21, 2012, at 3:42 AM, Les Kriegler wrote: > I recently installed drivers for our HP Printer/copier/s

Re: dragging dock items?

2012-10-21 Thread Alex Hall
Thanks all, I didn't know about that one. Still, it seems odd that the standard drag and drop doesn't work. On Oct 21, 2012, at 10:47 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > Just hold down the Option key then use left and right arrow to move them > around. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurr

Re: What are your favorite Mac apps?

2012-10-21 Thread Blinkin
Thank you all for the responses. I have about half of these and will probably getting the others soon. Mike On Oct 21, 2012, at 6:11 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > If you have Twitter, YoruFukurou is a must, and it's free. Mactubes is a > great app that lets you browser Youtube and even download mp4

Re: copying and pasting to a USB drive?

2012-10-21 Thread Ryan Mann
The driver is called Tuxera. I don't remember what the web site is, but you can put it into Google and look for Tuxera for Mac. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 21, 2012, at 11:21 AM, "Kliphton" wrote: > Yes it it is in NTF what driver do I need? > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionari

Anyone use Keeper?

2012-10-21 Thread Blinkin
Hey all, I downloaded Keeper since it was free…which may not be good practice with an app that wants to store all my passwords and credit card info but I wanted to see if anyone uses it. If so, do you launch the browser from Keeper since it has the info stored or do you go to the

Re: how to broadcast on a mac

2012-10-21 Thread Timothy Clark Music
i know that's how it's spelled but it did something weird when writing it. it's a big mixer of sorts. i'll make a how to for you soon. do you have Skype or something where i can send it? web site http://www.timothyclarkmusic.wordpress.com phone number should you need to reach me 724-401-

Re: antivirus scanners

2012-10-21 Thread Chris
It is recommended but not essential. I think a lot of us me included don't use antivirus on our Apple computers. Christopher Hallsworth On 21/10/2012 14:30, Estelita wrote: Hi, I thought we don't need an anti virus on apple computers? - Original Message - From: "Allison Manzino" To:

New Google Groups Interface

2012-10-21 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Hello everyone, The new google groups interface on the web is cumbersome to navigate in my opinion. I have tried clicking the "Revert to the old google groups" link, and clicking the link to give a suggestion, but after taking me to the salutation page where the site indicates it appreciates my

starting with Tonido any advice?

2012-10-21 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Hi, I've downloaded the Tonadio server and app for my Iphone. I've got the account connecting fine; but, somehow, it can't seem to see any of my files on my Mac. Assuming that's because I need to synch the thing, how do I go about doing this? thanks. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ra

RE: Pages and APA 6th edition style

2012-10-21 Thread Bejarano, Rafael P.
If you are looking for software, such as that which works with Microsoft word to help detect formatting mistakes, I think you may be out of luck.I have never had any problems using Pages to format my own psychology papers, though, so you should be able to write papers in APA style in Pages w

Best GPS for me?

2012-10-21 Thread Mary Scott
Hi all, I just got my first iPhone. I want to download blind useful apps. I want a GPS for walking around my town mostly and knowing what is around me. Can anyone give an idea of what I should get? I also want a money reader, and color detecter. Mel -- You received this message becaus

Re: Best GPS for me?

2012-10-21 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi Mel I use navagon, ariadne and blind square. All available from the app store. NOt free though, sorry. I use Color Visor which is excellent. The money readers around don't support New Zealand currency so I don't use one. I'm told Look Tell is very good. just search for Looktell and find their

Re: Best GPS for me?

2012-10-21 Thread Becky Knaub
Hi Marry, I use a combo of Navigon and Sendero Look around. Becky and C On Oct 21, 2012, at 4:05 PM, Mary Scott wrote: > Hi all, I just got my first iPhone. I want to download blind useful apps. > I want a GPS for walking around my town mostly and knowing what is around me. > Can anyone g

MSN.com and apple mail?

2012-10-21 Thread matthew Dyer
Hi all, I have a question about msn.com and apple mail. I have an msn hotmmail account which I am using to write this message, but there are 2 things that I notested and wondered if anyone else notested this. First off I notested that in the mail boxes table, I have 2 msn mail boxes for the s

Re: Pages and APA 6th edition style

2012-10-21 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello, I can provide an APA template for Pages for anyone who needs it. Just email me off list and I'll send it. I also have an MLA template available. Cheers, Anne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, sen

Transferring NLS Books to SD card

2012-10-21 Thread -
Someone thought: "The DB is an integral part of the book number. stands for Digital Book. I think the NLS player needs that file name protocol so when you go into "bookshelf mode," (holding down the play button till it falls off or says Bookshelf), it can identify them." Me: It doesn't wo

Mactubes

2012-10-21 Thread Stacey Robinson
Where do you get the mactubes app? Is it free? On Oct 21, 2012, at 12:20 PM, Blinkin wrote: > Thank you all for the responses. I have about half of these and will probably > getting the others soon. > > Mike > On Oct 21, 2012, at 6:11 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > >> If you have Twitter, YoruFukuro

Re: Mactubes

2012-10-21 Thread Matt Dierckens
I found it through google. Matt Sent from my mac Twitter: matt692 msn: matt...@live.com skype: blindman3221 On 2012-10-21, at 3:05 PM, Stacey Robinson wrote: > Where do you get the mactubes app? > Is it free? > On Oct 21, 2012, at 12:20 PM, Blinkin wrote: > >> Thank you all for the responses. I

Re: Best GPS for me?

2012-10-21 Thread Mike Arrigo
For money identification, check out look tell money identifier, I think that's what it's called. For GPS, check out sendero look around and ariadne GPS, I may not be spelling that right. For GPS navigation, there are several main stream choices, my favorite is motionx GPS On Oct 21, 2012, at 3:0

Re: Best GPS for me?

2012-10-21 Thread Mike Arrigo
One thing about navigon, unless they have changed this, entering addresses is much more complicated than it needs to be. You must go through several screens, the first for the state, then the city, and finally the street and house number. With motionx GPS, just type in the address on one screen

Starting an online radio station

2012-10-21 Thread Jessica Carter
Hi again,very helpful info. Thank you so much. My MacBook Pro is running Mountain Lion 10.82. Will this be any problem conflicting with NiceCast? If you wish to write me off list, feel free to do so.Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVision

Re: Best GPS for me?

2012-10-21 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there Yes, but I haven't found this to be a problem. It conifer me at first, but once I got used to it, it was okay. I think the way the streets are filed. See only thing I can figure. Gigi Sent from my iPhone On Oct 21, 2012, at 4:13 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > One thing about navigon, unles

Re: Best GPS for me?

2012-10-21 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi I got Ariadne, however I am watching my call spatially challenged. I have found Ariadne to be difficult to use for that reason. I want my stuff done verbally, or not at all. So, if you're vertically Challenged like me, you might find area Ariadne to be frustrating. Just my two cents on mobi

Re: Starting an online radio station

2012-10-21 Thread Krysti .Power
id like to do this as well every time i try the audio wont playback when it does i get background noise from what other people are doing in the house im running ML 10.8.2 on a macbook pro 500 gb hard drive On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Jessica Carter wrote: > Hi again,very helpful info. Thank

Getting a directory list

2012-10-21 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Guys. I have a number of files, about 64 of them, that I wish to braille translate. They are all in one fobbder. I have Louis on my Mac, and as best I can figure, there is no way to tell the program to qoanslate the whole folder and name the files in another one with the extension brl on the

Re: VMWare Fusion and bootcamp

2012-10-21 Thread Phil Halton
MessageThanks Tommy, Well, I ran VMWare for the first time and got it authorized, read the help files and understand how to get boot camp setup as a Virtual machine. However, VM doesn't seem to "see" my boot camp. I'm told to find boot camp in the list of VM's in the Virtual Machine Library, bu

Re: mac keeper

2012-10-21 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi Candie, I use MacKeeper. I run System Scan about once per week. The only time I hear the "busy" report is when I run MacKeeper when it is analyzing the hard disk before issuing its report. There is also a virus protection feature where you can run and schedule scans of your system. I fin

Re: Best GPS for me?

2012-10-21 Thread Mary Scott
I just downloaded Colorviser. I don't know how towork it but I will figure it out. If anybody has any tips, I would love to hear. Mel On Oct 21, 2012, at 5:10 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > For money identification, check out look tell money identifier, I think > that's what it's called. For GPS

Re: Best GPS for me?

2012-10-21 Thread Tammy
Hi, Since you use both ariadne as well as blind square, can you tell me what the advantages to having blindsquare are over Ariadne?? I'm trying to figure out whether I could use blind square, and therefore justify the 14 dollar price tag. Thanks, Tammy -Original Message- From: Lis

Re: Best GPS for me?

2012-10-21 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi The reason I use blind square is because it gives lots of POIs here in New Zealand, which Ariadne doesn't. Ariadne is really good at giving street numbers, and at saying exactly where you are now, but here in NZ it doesn't give any pois. Blind Square chatters away and gives pois plus tracks

Size of displayed fonts

2012-10-21 Thread Agent086b
Hello, my wife would like the displayed fonts to be larger. I know how to make the font larger when printing but not how they are displayed on the screen like in menus etc. Thanks for any help. Max. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" g

Re: Mactubes

2012-10-21 Thread Alex Hall
Me too, and yes, it's free. On Oct 21, 2012, at 5:09 PM, Matt Dierckens wrote: > I found it through google. > Matt > Sent from my mac > Twitter: matt692 > msn: matt...@live.com > skype: blindman3221 > > On 2012-10-21, at 3:05 PM, Stacey Robinson wrote: > >> Where do you get the mactubes app? >

Blank XML files in Safari?

2012-10-21 Thread Harry Hogue
Hi, I wondered if anyone else has experienced this and what I could do about it. When I go to open a couple of Bookshare books with the .xml file in Safari, they show up blank. One of them is a book I was in the middle of reading, and then closed and tried to go back to. it showed up blank, s

Re: Best GPS for me?

2012-10-21 Thread Tammy
Hi, Does blindsquare announce the street crossings as you come to them automaticly or do you have to press a button to see what street you're about to cross? Also, does it just use voiceover or can you get a text to speech voice giving you direction? I often find that the voiceover voice is

Newbie tip: some useful (mainstream) keystrokes

2012-10-21 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, Here's another tip I wish I'd known about a long time ago. Note that the below keystrokes use the f keys, so on a macbook or apple keyboard you may need to hold down the function key, depending on your settings. Also, none of these requires Voiceover to be on, which is why I said they ar

Re: Best GPS for me?

2012-10-21 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi Tammy Yes blind square announces street crossings automatically. You don't have to push a button to hear it. It uses its own text to speech voice. Mine is British English. It's very easy to hear. Lisette On 22/10/2012, at 4:06 PM, "Tammy" wrote: > Hi, > > Does blindsquare announce the str

keyboard command to focus active windows?

2012-10-21 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, I tweeted the keyboard commands I just sent and got a reply asking if I knew the focus open windows keystroke. Apparently, with vo on, double tapping the bottom right of the trackpad will do this, for things like open skype chats or network sign-in prompts. I've never heard of this, and

Re: Starting an online radio station

2012-10-21 Thread Timothy Clark Music
your mic must be to loud. if you are on ML you are fine. web site http://www.timothyclarkmusic.wordpress.com phone number should you need to reach me 724-401-1224 check my site for more contact information. thanks and may the good lord keep you and bless you. Timothy On Oct 21, 20

Re: Best GPS for me?

2012-10-21 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Mel, In ColorVisor, just tap the Info button and you'll get a clear explanation of how to use it with VoiceOver. Cheers, Anne On 22 Oct 2012, at 00:47, Mary Scott wrote: > I just downloaded Colorviser. I don't know how towork it but I will figure > it out. If anybody has any tips,